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2002

★★★★½ Rewatched 22 May 2025

For all the infinite accolades that Lord of the Rings gets I really don’t think Tolkien gets enough credit for creating a character as unique and as dramatically evocative as Gollum. Serkis and the whole effects team nailing the part is a miracle of art.

2001

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched 19 May 2025

After all these years it still slaps. Peter Jackson really got it right. The project was always going to come down to aesthetics and tone, and they are perfect for the material.

One of the hardest-working scores of all time.

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2017

★★★★★ Liked Watched 06 Sep 2024

God is the ultimate cope, but of course so is death, so what can you do?

Social isolation means you’re not regulated by the process of filtering your self through others and your self builds back upon itself as infinitum.

I watched this a month after ACL surgery and right when it ended my knee instantly swelled up a whole bunch for inexplicable reasons. Coincidence or emotionally impactful film leading to a somatic response? Who’s to say. Bumping it up half a star out of respect for the possibility that it affected my body.

2001

★★★★★ Liked Watched 13 Mar 2025

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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